Do trailer park owners have to abide by the same ordinances?

Posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at 9:54 AM

I understand the necessity of community ordinances that encourage residents to keep their property neat and tidy so I will keep my grass under 8 inches and I will offer to mow the yard of the vacant house next door. I will even cut my trees to the proper height. But I wish someone from the city would make our community trailer park owners clean up their properties too. If they are in city limits then they should have to keep it cleaned up. I don't know what law governs trailer park owners but if I have to keep my grass cut they should have to remove abandoned, dilapidated trailers and the residents should have to keep their dwellings neat and tidy just as the rest of us do.

I agree that the same laws should apply. A double standard type of ordinance is absurd.

But at the same time I also think there should be no ordinance telling people what they have to do with their own property.

so i'm torn.

-- Posted by jlees on Wed, May 9, 2012, at 11:37 PM

You make a very excellent point. While I also agree that no one should be told what to do with their own property, I also take a firm stand that if I have to follow the rules, then so do you. It's only fair!

I think children understand this concept better than adults do! :)

-- Posted by leeceyplus3 on Thu, May 10, 2012, at 8:44 AM

I agree with leah, the trailer park is an eye sore. Clean it up and make it look better. Just because you live in a "trailer park" doesn't mean you can live like trash.

-- Posted by Toodles712 on Fri, May 11, 2012, at 11:07 AM

Oh Leah, Thank you for saying what has been on my mind for some time. I have the understanding that their is a seperate standard for trailer parks and do not know why that is. (Just my opinion) but I think the city should crack down on the trailer parks in the area and they should be cleaned up. How does it look to people coming into the community when they see these areas? Anyone else in the city must abide by these codes and in a timely manner or suffer the consequences. You can't have appliances in the yards, overgrown yards, and other nuisances. I do have to admit that of the 4 trailer parks 2 do a pretty good job so it is not all trailer parks. But again Thank Leah for putting that out there.

-- Posted by angel1976 on Wed, May 16, 2012, at 3:09 PM

I have to be honest...this is somewhat self serving as we live right next to one out on West 4th and it is a D.U.M.P. There are more abandoned, rundown trailers than there are ones that are occupied. There are some missing skirting, roofing, doors and windows. There are some covered entirely in black wrap. The police often sit at the end of our dead end street and watch the happenings at the park. It devalues everyone's property value and now with the West byway going in to the industrial park, it will be seen by more people. The owners have been allowed to let it go and its time the city stepped up and started fining them.

-- Posted by Leah Cauthron on Thu, May 17, 2012, at 8:33 AM

sounds like a severe lack of pride on the person that owns the mobile home park!

-- Posted by iowagirl on Fri, May 18, 2012, at 12:28 PM

This is one of my pet peeves. You do not have to wonder "what law governs trailer park owners". You can find the law. Look it up.

My name is Leah Cauthron. I was born and raised on a farm near Cushing, Iowa. My parents still live there. I am a conservative Catholic. I have been married to Randy for 22 years and we have six children. I received my degree in Criminal Justice from Eastern Wyoming College and as a mother of six and a daycare mom, I have used probable cause, reasonable doubt, search and seizure, Miranda rights, submission, arrest and interrogation technique as a part of my daily life. I can also shoot a .357 magnum with deadly accuracy. I have lots of opinions on lots of things. I am not an expert on anything but I read a lot and will gladly share that information if I find it accurate. I have a sarcastic nature and for the most part I have pretty thick skin and most things don't bother me for long. I don't like mudslinging or name calling so keep negativity of the personal nature to yourself. Enjoy and welcome to my opinion.